Philaethria

Philaethria is a genus of New World butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae in the family Nymphalidae.

Philaethria
Philaethria dido
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Heliconiinae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Philaethria Billberg, 1820
Species
See text
Synonyms
Metamandana Stichel, 1908

Species

The following is a list of species classified under Philaethria:[1]

• Philaethria andrei Brevignon, 2002 - Found in Macouria, French Guiana
• Philaethria constantinoi Salazar, 1991 - (incertae sedis) Found in the Chocó Department of western Colombia
• Philaethria diatonica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in Central America and Mexico
• Philaethria dido (Linnaeus, 1763) – scarce bamboo page, longwing dido, or green heliconia – The most widespread species of Philaethria. It can be found as far north as Mexico and Texas[2] to as far south as the Amazon basin.[3]
• Philaethria ostara (Röber, 1906) - Found in the Cauca Department of western Colombia
• Philaethria pygmalion (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Found in the state of Pará, Brazil
• Philaethria wernickei (Röber, 1906) - Found in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul of Brazil

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  Philaethria dido
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  Philaethria pygmalion - MHNT

References

1. "Philaethria Billberg, 1820" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. "Butterflies of Texas: Scarce Bamboo Page (Philaethria dido)". Butterflies of North America, The Registry of Nature Habitats. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
3. "Dido Longwing". Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes. Retrieved July 30, 2011.

• Philaethria, Tree of life